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Forty-nine Wisconsin counties are now issuing licenses to same sex couples who want to get married. Those that aren't said they are waiting for an order from the court or state.

Those waiting include Ozaukee, Racine, Washington and Walworth counties.

Milwaukee County had issued 186 licenses as of Tuesday afternoon, but the wedding rush seems to be subsiding.

Within two hours of the court decision finding Wisconsin's marriage ban unconstitutional, vows echoed through the Milwaukee county courthouse.

Applications for same-sex marriages appear to have leveled off. There were 68 on Friday, 78 on Saturday, 37 Monday and as of 2 p.m. Tuesday, only three same-sex couples had applied for marriage licenses.

Deputy clerk George Christenson believes most couples looking to marry rushed there before a judge could issue an order stopping gay marriage. Charles Madison and Quanita Cox tried getting a marriage license during the rush.

"The line was around the corner and down the block, so we said we would wait till it kind of calmed down," Madison said.

Fiancés Barry Weber and Jamie Ohland came ready to wait but didn't have to.

"We were prepared for anything, but more power to anyone who wants to get married," Weber said.

Milwaukee's county executive said he's not worried about the counties that won't issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

"There is no doubt, zero, none, in my mind that we're doing the right thing and Wisconsin is the better state for it," Chris Abele said.

Abele said he believes in Milwaukee's quick embrace of same-sex marriage contributed to the growing number of Wisconsin counties now willing to issue licenses.

The county executive said he will pay all overtime incurred by county workers last weekend out of his own pocket, but overtime costs won't be available until the end of the current pay period.